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What is 17.9 percent of 50?
Answer: 17.9% of 50 is 8.95.
You want to know the answer to this question: what is 17.9 percent of 50? Here is a very simple step-by-step guide to find out.
Step 1: A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.
\(17.9\%\) = \(17.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.179\)
Step 2: We use the following formula:
\(\text{Percentage of a value}\) = \(X \cdot P\%\)
• \(X = 50\)
• \(P\% = 17.9\%\) = \(17.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.179\)
\(Answer: 50 \cdot 17.9\%\) = \(50 \cdot 0.179\) = \(8.95\)
• \(X = 50\)
• \(P\% = 17.9\%\) = \(17.9 \over 100 \) = \(0.179\)
\(Answer: 50 \cdot 17.9\%\) = \(50 \cdot 0.179\) = \(8.95\)
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